Microsoft Dynamics AX Positioned as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

04 June 2009: Microsoft Dynamics AX is positioned as a Leader in Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP Magic Quadrant. Despite mergers and acquisitions, there are many ERP offerings for midmarket companies and firms deploying Tier 2 ERP systems. This Magic Quadrant evaluates products that have a global presence and are specifically tailored for product-centric midmarket companies with roughly 100 to 1,000 employees.

Gartner states the following strengths of Microsoft Dynamics AX:

• The role-tailored UI and the Microsoft Office look-and-feel with which most users in midmarket companies are familiar make training and adoption by end users easy.
• Dynamics AX is built on Microsoft's infrastructure, which is the most used among midmarket companies, although it does not yet fully embrace the latest .NET technologies.
• The scalability of Microsoft Dynamics AX was improved in the last releases, so several hundred users and multiple legal entities can now be supported in one central instance.
• Within the latest release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, prepackaged BI functionality is included, specifically offering BI components, prebuilt BI cubes and BI reports.
• Microsoft has extensive certification programs for this product's partners in place, and encourages partners to use the Sure Step methodology; however, the latest and highest level of Certified for Microsoft Dynamics (CfMD) is not yet adopted by the majority of partners.
• The broad partner ecosystem delivers a variety of industry- and customer-specific solutions.
• Microsoft is building a layer of vertical functionality for selected industries in manufacturing, professional services, wholesale/distribution and the public sector, which will make it easier for partners to complete the long-tail functionality needed by most companies.
• Dynamics AX is easy to customize, and offers high flexibility for adapting to process changes and enhancements.
• The tight integration to Microsoft Office is a highlight that has been consistently praised by customers, enabling users to work in an environment that they are very familiar with, thus increasing user productivity.

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